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Paul George 1/8/1993 |
February 2002 |
| Paul and Sarah George were delighted to welcome the arrival of their second son, Charles (or Chaz), on February 13th. For the time being the Georges are living in Redmond but they are looking to move to the Fall City area later this year. You can congratulate the family at (425) 895-9774. |
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Rory McLeod 4/2/1999 |
March 2002 |
| Rod McLeod was chosen as the 2002 recipient of the Bob Keene Scholarship for his exceptional contributions and involvement in the fraternity and UW campus organizations. |
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Tony Szabo 1/8/1988 |
March 2002 |
| Tony Szabo married Roxanne Violett in Lake Tahoe in March. Roxanne is from California but has been living in Puyallup, and the couple met when Tony was singing karaoke. The couple will be living in the Seattle area, and you can congratulate Tony at walawdog2@aol.com |
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Aaron Dutton 1/11/1997 |
March 2002 |
| Aaron and Leah Dutton became proud parents on March 11th, when their first child, Alex, was born. Aaron is working as a developer for LowgradeLumber.com, where he works on building applications to allow web transactions. The enlarged family is still living in north Seattle, but is planning to move to Bellingham later this year. |
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Richard Loutzenhiser 6/8/1947 |
April 2002 |
| Letter from Brother Loutzenhiser: “Congratulations!
My what wonders you Pikes have accomplished. Congrats to the Actives, the recent pledges, and the new pledges.
Accomplishment is predicated on having the guts to start, and you obviously had/have those. I am from way back in ‘46’, the first time, I guess, that Beta Beta rose from the dust. Almost all of us pledges were WWII vets, and we set some rules that were very different for those days. Like no alcohol at any PKA function nor in the house, and the mandatory study hall for all pledges every school night. But we did allow pledges to ‘pin’ a gal with their pledge pin (our average pledge age was 22 and 90% of the females were in college that year to find a husband).
Well keep up the good work, you may find that your outstanding reputation is harder to keep, than it was to get there in the first place."
Richard Loutzenhiser (’47) |
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Robert Parrish 1/17/1986 |
May 2002 |
| Bob Parrish (’86) is a Major in the Army National Guard, and is currently serving as the Battalion S-3 of the 2nd Battalion 146th Field Artillery in Olympia, WA. He is part of a 155mm self-propelled artillery battalion, fielded with the M109A6 Paladin Howitzer. |
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Brent Huntington 1/7/2000 |
May 2002 |
| Brent Huntington (’00) reports that “Ben Tate and I are pledge brothers of Alpha Upsilon class and brothers in the largest fraternity in America: The United States Marine Corps.” Like Ben, Brent is also a Lance Corporal with the 4th Landing Support Battalion, Alpha Company at Fort Lewis. Brent has been in the reserves since June of 2001. |
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Ben Tate 1/7/2000 |
May 2002 |
| Ben Tate (’00) has been in the US Marine Corps for the past three years, while attending the UW. He is a landing support specialist and is stationed with Alpha Company, 4th LSB in Ft. Lewis. He is currently a Lance Corporal and aspires to continue serving his country after college as an active duty officer in the USMC, hopefully as a fighter pilot. |
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Adam Justice 6/30/1999 |
May 2002 |
| Adam Justice (’99) is a Senior Airman 1st Class in the US Air Force, and is working with the Security Forces at Luke AFB in Phoenix, AZ. He entered the Air Force two years ago and trained in Texas until September 2000. Since September 11th he has been working 12-13 hour shifts, and received an early promotion for his work a month ago. He is trying to get a “permanent” transfer overseas (Germany or elsewhere in Europe), which would last about a year and a half, and then he hopes to come back to McChord AFB. |
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Jeffrey Hedgpeth 1/11/1997 |
May 2002 |
| Jeff Hedgpeth (’97) is a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force, and is currently stationed in
Wichita Falls, TX at Sheppard AFB for pilot training. For the previous year and a half he was I was in Okinawa, Japan at Kadena Air Base assigned as Chief of Current Operations for the 353d Special Operations Group. Jeff will be promoted to 1st Lieutenant on July 6th of this year, and will be staying at Sheppard until February when he finds out what fighter he will get to fly. He is currently training at the Euro NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) base, so he trains with servicemen from throughout NATO. |
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Matthew Faler 1/6/1995 |
May 2002 |
| Matt Faler (’95) is a 1st Lieutenant in the US Army, based at Fort Drum, NY. He was profiled on local TV recently among other US soldiers serving in the Kosovo region. He is in the 10th Mountain Division which has seen extensive action since September 11th. |
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Matt James 1/7/1994 |
May 2002 |
| Matt James (’94) is a 1st Lieutenant in the US Army Infantry, and will be promoted to a Captain in June 2002. He has been in Kosovo since November, and will be returning to Fort Drum, NY in May. He is also seeking a Special Forces tryout this summer, and will be attending the Infantry Captain’s Career Course in Fort Benning, GA from September to February 2003. |
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Jason Toepfer 4/5/1993 |
May 2002 |
| Jason Toepfer (’93) is a Captain in the US Army, and is stationed in Ft. Hood, TX. He has been in the service since he graduated in 1997. |
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Greg Ganz 1/13/1984 |
May 2002 |
| Greg Ganz (’84) is a AH-64 Apache Longbow pilot in the US Army, with the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. Over the course of 14 years in active duty, he has had 3 tours to Korea and one tour in Germany. He is currently stationed in Savannah, GA at Hunter Army Field, but as he says, “I am hoping to add a tour to Iraq soon!” |
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Victor Balasi 6/2/1979 |
May 2002 |
| Vic Balasi (’75) is a Lieutenant Colonel with the U.S. Marine Corps, currently assigned to the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon. An Aviation Supply Officer, Vic's current responsibilities involve developing the defense budget requirements for the spares and repair parts to support all Marine Corps and Navy aircraft, averaging $1.2B annually. Prior to his Washington tour, Vic was the executive officer of Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC. During his 19-year career, he has also been stationed in Georgia; California; Iwakuni, Japan; North Carolina; and Virginia in various operating force and staff assignments. He is part of the Marine Corps Acquisition Workforce that will lead to follow-on assignments in the acquisition of new aviation systems. |
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Mark Gerboth 1/25/1981 |
May 2002 |
| Mark Gerboth is working as a Regional Engineering Manager for Foster Wheeler Environmental Corporation in the Tri-cities area. He is currently working on the design for a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, as a project for the Department of Energy. Last year he completed his second graduate degree, and received an MBA from the UW through the Executive Program. Mark has been living in Kennewick, WA since the summer of 2000. He can be reached there at (509) 628-3372 or by email at mgerboth@fwenc.com |
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Bert Wilkins 1/6/1995 |
May 2002 |
| An update from Bert Wilkins: I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Masters in Healthcare Administration. I am planning on staying in the Chapel Hill area and am actively trying to find gainful employment. I am planning on taking the MCAT in August and will be applying to medical school in the early fall. My phone number is 919-270-1868 and my email address is rbwilkins@hotmail.com. |
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Shane Sullivan 4/5/1993 |
May 2002 |
| Shane Sullivan (’93) has been on active duty with the Navy for the past 6 years. Currently he is an Instructor Pilot and Mission Commander for the P-3 Orion in Patrol Squadron 46. He was recently selected for the US Navy Test Pilot School, but turned it down to take a transition to the Tactical Jet Community and have the possibility of flying F-18's. |
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Craig Donovan 1/8/1999 |
May 2002 |
| Craig Donovan was chosen as the Undergraduate Pike of the Month by the International Fraternity for May 2002, based on his qualities as a leader, scholar, athlete, and gentleman. This honor follows his earlier receipt of the Northwest Region's Pike of the Year award. Craig is currently studying Botany and has a 3.66 GPA. He numbers among his accomplishments his election to President of the UW Interfraternity Council for 2001-2002 and his selection to be a FIG leader in 2001 and student orientation leader for summer 2002. |
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Marty Griffith 5/11/1984 |
May 2002 |
| Marty Griffith ('84) transferred to the reserves in 2001 after spending 13 years flying helicopters and fixed wing trainers. While on active duty he rose to the rank of Major. He is currently the Assistant Ops Officer and Targeting Officer at Marine Air Group 42 in Atlanta. Marty spent most of his deployed time flying helicopters off of ships in the Western
Pacific, Persian Gulf and Africa. His last active tour was in Pensacola as the Operations Officer/Flight instructor. If his reserve unit isn't mobilized by the summer, he will be going back to Pensacola to start up a USMC reserve flying unit. Since going into the reserves, he has taken a job as a commercial pilot flying Canadian Regional Jets, and he and his wife have relocated to New York City. They are expecting their first child in early September. |
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Jason Porteous 5/25/1990 |
May 2002 |
| Jason Porteous ('90) is in the Washington Army National Guard and just wrapped up seven and a half months of active duty service at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport as part of the airport security force. He has been in the Guard for over 10 years and is a Staff Sergeant (E-6). He is in A Company 1/161 Infantry (Mechanized) which is based in Kent, WA. |
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Aaron Dickie 1/7/2000 |
June 2002 |
| Aaron Dickie graduated wth a degree in Accounting and one in Business with a specialization in Information Systems. |
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Josh Clements-Sampson 1/8/1999 |
June 2002 |
| Josh graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and is looking for a job in either Seattle or Spokane, depending on where his wife Sara gets into Law School. Josh and Sarah were married in Spokane on June 29th. |
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Keith Jones 1/8/1999 |
June 2002 |
| Keith Jones graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering and is working at Microsoft. |
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Jeff Ford 1/17/1998 |
June 2002 |
| Jeff graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and is looking to work in Research and Development. He has moved to Albuquerque, NM in the hopes that his job prospects will be better there. |
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Craig Donovan 1/8/1999 |
June 2002 |
| Craig is graduating with a degree in Botany. “I plan to graduate after fall quarter of 2002. As of right now I do not have my mind made up. I know that I want to teach, but I am thinking that I want some kind of other experience before I go into that field. I am considering being a PIKE consultant for 2003, or else maybe grad school is the place for me.” |
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Merle Hanley 2/6/1949 |
June 2002 |
| Merle Hanley and his wife Mae Beth celbrated their 50th anniversary on June 14th with a catered dinner for family and friends at the Museum of Flight. |
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Christopher Boley 4/3/1998 |
June 2002 |
| Chris Boley is a legal technician with the Department of Justice, Executive Office of Immigration Review in Seattle. |
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Gary Ausman 2/10/1957 |
June 2002 |
| Gary Ausman has been selected from among the more than 10,000 staff members working at the University of Washington to receive the 2002 Distinguished Staff Award. Gary has been serving as the Director of the International Services Office. From the Columns magazine article: Gary "has been the link between the UW and its international community of students, faculty, and visiting scholars for 27 years. As the director of the International Services Office, Ausman and his staff serve the fifth largest international community at a U.S. university - 2,500 students, 1,000 visiting faculty/scholars and 1,500 others taking non-credit courses." Gary is retiring in June 2002. |
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Charles Manger 6/2/1979 |
August 2002 |
| Charlie has taken a new job as a "rainmaker" for Cairncross & Hempelmann, a law firm in Pioneer Square. He is going to be recruiting new business for the firm in the areas of transactional work, real estate, and international trade and investment. Current projects include work overseas in Belize, Mexico, Japan, China, and Sri Lanka. Charlie and Terez are also house-hunting right now, but for the time being they are living in Lake Forest Park. You can reach him at charlesmanger@hotmail.com |
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Donovan Isaak 1/6/1995 |
August 2002 |
| Don proposed to long-time girlfriend Tessa at Marymoor Park in Redmond in early August. She was crazy enough to say yes and the couple is planning to be wed in the summer of 2003. |
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Marty Griffith 5/11/1984 |
October 2002 |
| Marty and his wife Sewell are the happy parents of Ella Maria, born in October 2002. Their family has relocated to Pensacola, FL where they can be reached at (850) 433-6020. |
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Brian Wick 5/31/2002 |
October 2002 |
| Brian Wick and Patrick Wachutka were featured on the cover of the UW Daily on October 28th in an article about UW students helping to count the homeless. The annual One Night Count is an effort by social agencies to gauge the number of homeless and assess the needs of the homeless population. The public service requirements at Pi Kappa Alpha were also mentioned in the article. |
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Patrick Wachutka 5/31/2002 |
October 2002 |
| Brian Wick and Patrick Wachutka were featured on the cover of the UW Daily on October 28th in an article about UW students helping to count the homeless. The annual One Night Count is an effort by social agencies to gauge the number of homeless and assess the needs of the homeless population. The public service requirements at Pi Kappa Alpha were also mentioned in the article. |
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Forest Segerson 1/6/1995 |
December 2002 |
| Forest is still flying for ATP Inc., but hopes to be flying for a regional airline in about February of next year. Presently he is running the flight school offices in Salem, Oregon. |
